Chapter 140

“Jason, what’s up with you?” Evadne looked puzzled and surprised.

She always thought highly of Jason, but there he was looking all beat up and lost, eyes bloodshot, lips pale as a sheet, like a puppy left homeless in a downpour.

“Jason, are you here because of Elspeth?”

Ca**ius came up to Evadne, his steps steady, his eyes soft, as he wiped his handsome hands with a pristine white silk cloth.

Evadne glanced at him and saw specks of blood on the cloth.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry!” Jason kept apologizing, bowing deeply to them.

Just as Evadne was puzzled, Arnold gave her a buzz.

“Arnold?”

“Sis, Elspeth just left my place.”

Arnold’s voice was heavy with resignation, seemingly self–blaming as he said, “My team and I have been gathering evidence on Elspeth’s abuse of power and bribery, but she’s way ahead of us, shifting all blame to Earl. Frederic got her a really slick lawyer, Cedric Dempsey. That guy is ruthless; he knows exactly how to exploit legal loopholes. My evidence fell short, so I had to let Elspeth go.”

“It’s alright, Arnold, you’ve done your best. And we hit our target, as long as we’ve got the Westguard project under our belt. Everything else, we can take it slow.”

Evadne was calm, but those around her were all fuming as they were itching to give Elspeth a good thrashing.

Elspeth was no saint, but Evadne knew that they could take their time dealing with that woman.

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At that point, Frederic was still head over heels for Elspeth, he would surely go all out to help her. Escalating the conflict between two big conglomerates for a single project, wasting resources, just wasn’t worth it at that time.

“Uh, Evadne, Jason already rang me up, he seemed quite upset. Comfort him a bit, this has nothing to do with him. He cares too much about your feelings, afraid that you’re upset, so he’s under a lot of stress,” Arnold sighed.

“I got it.”

Evadne got the full picture of what had happened, her gaze at Jason was

family’s fault. I’m ready to take all the blame,” Jason’s eyes were red as he was ashamed and couldn’t accept that his family

so mad that he stormed into Cedric’s law firm and had a

pissed off a lot of people while in office! The moment he retired, those people were circling us like hawks, wanted to get back at us, frame us! If it wasn’t for Chairman Emeric’s help, hiring our dad as a legal advisor for the conglomerate, protecting us, how

for over twenty years, but this

me, everyone is a client. If it’s a case I can handle, and the terms are right, I’ll take it, whether it’s the Abernathy group or the

words stung

had given Evadne his whole heart, but his family

really couldn’t face Ms.

are

shoulders, gently shaking him, “Don’t blame yourself, and don’t pick a fight with your family over this. Elspeth is an insignificant baddie;

voice

case, I totally understand this, and I absolutely have

a good enough deal, then Mr. Cedric has the right to stick to his professional ethics and take on the Abernathy group’s case. If the Ashbourne group needs legal help down the line, I

shyly lowered his

Ca**ius took Evadne’s hand, gently

and George’s illegitimate daughter. But first, I need

sparkled with intelligence, narrowing slightly, “George said that only Acacia’s mother Una knows where the child is, so let’s have Una help us find our way. That

“And what about

her mad before I

to get engaged to Thaddeus? How can we make her fall from grace if she isn’t standing on a

Thaddeus really has lost his marbles,” Ca**ius was deeply shocked recalling what George had

as a bat for a while now. No matter, I’ve found myself again, and I want this lousy man to

found the photo of Avery and then she had snapped. “Here, check out this guy, do you recognize him? I was nearly stabbed by

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exclaimed in surprise. “Really? Then

his identity a mystery. The kicker

curiosity piqued as she recalled the

a man’s desire for control and didn’t

moved closer to her, examining the photo

and he

you really don’t

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